Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said here Monday that his country will cement cooperation with China in the oil sector and explore cooperation in agriculture, mining and new energy.

Sudan attaches great importance to developing friendly cooperation with China and appreciates China's help in its socio-economic development, al-Bashir told a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

Al-Bashir, also president of Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP), met Li Jinjun, vice minister of the CPC Central Committee's International Department.